Facilities Management Graduate

Salary £24,088 - Pay award pending (01/04/2026)

Location Manchester, Didsbury

Closing Date - Thursday 30th April

Assessment Day - Late May 2026

Final Stage Interview - June 2026

Role Overview

As a Facilities Management Graduate at Great Places, you’ll rotate across key operational teams to build a deep understanding of how our workplaces, properties, and services are managed, maintained, and improved. Across two years, you’ll take on real project responsibility, develop professional expertise, and grow into a workplace facilities management role where you’ll make a meaningful impact on our people, customers, and communities.

What you’ll be doing as a Facilities Management Graduate at Great Places…

• Developing Facilities Management expertise and management capabilities
• Spending your first year rotating through our Facilities Management, Estates, Grounds Maintenance, Repairs, and other core Head Office teams
• Learning how housing organisation operates their facilities management strategy from offices and workplace management to logistics and supply chain
• In your second year, you’ll develop into a role in workplace facilities management
• Taking on real project responsibility and make a tangible difference to our business
• Gaining exposure to a regional corporate property portfolio and learning the national Workplace Facilities Management operations inside-out
• Understanding how a successful Facilities Management team operates and what skills you need to thrive

What We are looking for

• Someone who wants to build a career with purpose
• A team player who brings a positive, helpful attitude
• Someone open to learning and developing their skills and experience
• A good listener who takes pride in detail and follow-through
• Someone who is motivated by improving people’s lives

What you’ll need….

• A degree (2:2 or above) in Quantity Surveying, Facilities/Building Management, Engineering or Business by September 2025 or graduated no earlier than September 2023
• To be legally entitled to work in the UK on a full-time basis
• A clean UK driving licence and access to a car
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• To be able to work as part of a team, as well as using your own initiative and time management skills to deliver tasks on time
• To be an enthusiastic self-starter with passion, resilience, and adaptability
• To be able to communicate confidently and effectively across all levels of the business
• Self-motivation and determination to succeed in a fast-paced, challenging environment
• To possess an aptitude for problem solving and creative thinking when approaching tasks.
• Keen eye for detail and good organisational skills
• Experience of working in a customer focused environment, with a proven ability of delivering customer service
• Competent level of ICT skills including the full range of Microsoft applications
• Commitment to understand the challenges and opportunities that exist in the communities in which we work. We particularly value lived experience in social housing
• Commitment to work in partnership with others for the benefit of Great Places
• Commitment to completing all parts of the training programme
• Ability to work flexibly
• Due to the nature of the role this predominantly in-office, in-person role, you will need to live within a commutable distance from our Head Office in Didsbury, Manchester

How we support you and your career at Great Places….

• A fully accredited apprenticeship/ qualification plus additional short qualifications to aid in your development
• Full equipment to help you perform best at your role
• Dedicated time each week for studying and learning
• Mentorship and line management from senior professionals
• A warm, inclusive team where your ideas and growth matter